Engineering Manager, SAP S/4HANA
Ford · Dearborn, MI
- Level
- Manager
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $133k–$251k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 7+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 9 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A management manufacturing role at Ford (automotive) in Dearborn, MI. Product, Functional, and SAP Solution Ownership.
- They ask for
- 7+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Root cause, Capacity planning, SAP
- Base pay
- $133k–$251k
Read from the posting. The full description is below.
From the plant jobs report · week of November 2, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in Michigan: typical posted base $81k–$166k. This one lists $133k–$251k.
Median of the low and high ends of 28 live postings that list pay, out of 83 manufacturing engineer openings in Michigan, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
Michigan plant jobs report →Pay by team and state →What moves pay →
How this role compares
Against 82 other live manufacturing postings in Michigan.
- Base pay
- About 60% above similar roles
- Experience asked
- More than usual (7+ vs 5+)
Typical $78k–$162k, from 27 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- New product launch 61%
- Tooling 47%
- Lean 40%
- FMEA 33%
- ✓ Root cause 30%
- Team leadership 29%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Capacity planning, SAP, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
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Pick 2–3 people on the Manufacturing team at Ford
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Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- Is the work mostly new product launches or sustaining existing lines?
- How much time do you spend on the floor versus at a desk?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
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This plant: Ford in Dearborn
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Full description from FordAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
through functional specification, design, implementation, release, and production support.
The ideal candidate brings strong experience with SAP S/4HANA Sales and Distribution (SD) and end-to-end Order-to-Cash (O2C) processes, along with automotive industry knowledge. The manager will lead the functional specification team and work closely with business stakeholders to translate business needs into clear requirements, functional designs, and a delivery roadmap. You will guide solution and integration decisions, develop a high-performing team, and drive dependable delivery, platform reliability, and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
- ✓Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- ✓7+ years of experience in SAP delivery, engineering leadership, product delivery, or a related discipline.
- ✓2+ years demonstrated experience leading teams, including people management, coaching, performance development, and resource planning.
- ✓Hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA , MUST HAVE Sales and Distribution (SD) and Order-to-Cash processes.
- ✓Experience delivering and supporting enterprise SAP solutions across their lifecycle, including production support and incident management.
- ✓Understanding of SAP solution design, configuration, extensions, and integration patterns.
- ✓Experience working directly with business stakeholders to define priorities, clarify requirements, and manage expectations.
- ✓Strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- ✓Experience working in Agile/Scrum or similar delivery environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Automotive industry experience, including familiarity with automotive sales, order management, fulfillment, or related business processes.
- ✓Experience with SAP S/4HANA transformation, implementation, migration, or large-scale modernization programs.
- ✓Experience integrating SAP with dealer, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, or other enterprise systems.
- ✓Familiarity with SAP integration technologies and approaches, such as APIs, middleware, and event-based integration.
- ✓Experience leading functional analysts or functional-specification teams and translating business needs into functional designs and delivery requirements.
- ✓Experience with the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-based enterprise solutions.
- ✓Familiarity with architecture , including service design, APIs, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
- ✓Experience managing distributed or hybrid teams and coordinating delivery across multiple busi
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We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for building, delivering, and supporting technology products and services powered by Ford’s SAP S/4HANA platform. This people-leader role owns the product and solution lifecycle from roadmap and
Team Leadership
- •Lead, manage, and mentor a team of engineers, analysts, and SAP professionals, including the functional specification team.
- •Organize the team around effective areas of ownership, as needed.
- •Set clear performance expectations, hold regular one-on-ones, and support career growth and development.
- •Build a team culture centered on accountability, collaboration, quality, and continuous improvement.
- •Manage hiring, onboarding, capacity planning, and resource allocation.
Delivery and Production Ownership
- •Own end-to-end delivery, including planning, prioritization, resourcing, dependency management, and removal of blockers.
- •Lead production support for SAP products and integrations, including incident response, root-cause analysis, and resolution of production issues.
- •Establish and monitor operational measures for service reliability, process performance, and support responsiveness.
- •Track delivery risks, timelines, dependencies, and technical debt; communicate and escalate issues proactively.
- •Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies and improve delivery and support practices.
Product, Functional, and SAP Solution Ownership
- •Own the roadmap and solution direction for SAP S/4HANA capabilities supporting Sales and Distribution and Order to Cash.
- •Lead the functional specification team, ensuring specifications are clear, complete, traceable to business requirements, and ready to guide solution design, development, testing, and deployment.
- •Work closely with business stakeholders to understand processes, define requirements, prioritize enhancements, and align on outcomes.
- •Facilitate working sessions with business and technical teams to resolve process questions, assess impacts, and agree on scope and acceptance criteria.
- •Translate business needs into functional specifications, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria that align with SAP S/4HANA capabilities, SD, and end-to-end O2C processes.
- •Partner with business teams to understand and improve processes spanning relevant O2C activities, such as sales order management, pricing, delivery, billing, and invoicing.
- •Guide solution design and technical decisions involving SAP S/4HANA, SD configuration, extensions, interfaces, and integrations with connected enterprise systems.
- •Promote scalable, secure, reliable, and supportable solutions through design reviews, testing, and sound release practices.
- •Identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve data quality, automate work, and strengthen platform performance.
Stakeholder Management
- •Serve as a primary connection between the engineering and functional teams and business stakeholders, including sales, order management, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and IT.
- •Align stakeholders on requirements, priorities, scope, delivery timing, and trade-offs.
- •Provide regular updates to leaders and partners on roadmap progress, delivery status, production health, and risks.
- •Coordinate with architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, integration, and other cross-functional teams to deliver cohesive solutions.